Daniel North creates images that refuse to stay still. Movement is his muse, movement is the purpose. His prolific production of nearly 200 paintings per year has garnered the attention of galleries and museums across North America.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Originality

"Next week Tan Dun will be the first composer in more than 60 years to conduct his own opera at New York's Met. Ten years in the making, it's a hugely ambitious project for all involved," and will be the most expensive production the Met has ever mounted. Ultimately, Tan "is stretching for a new musical form that is neither oriental, nor western, nor, crucially, a fusion of the two."